SB 234 is sponsored by Charles Owen (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), and Rick Edmonds (Republican).

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Louisiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 5 R cosponsors

SB 234 — SCHOOLS: Creates and provides for the St. George Community School Board and school system in East Baton Rouge Parish. (See Act)

Last action June 20, 2025 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 455.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 16, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 20, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 64% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
5 sponsors

1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 R).
Mixed recorded votes

3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

June 20, 2025
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 455.
June 20, 2025
Effective date: See Act.
June 11, 2025
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
June 11, 2025
Signed by the Speaker of the House.
June 11, 2025
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
June 10, 2025
Called from the Calendar.
June 10, 2025
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays.
June 09, 2025
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
June 04, 2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 60, nays 26. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
June 04, 2025
Received from the House with amendments.
June 02, 2025
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
June 02, 2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 06/04/2025.
May 29, 2025
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
May 28, 2025
Reported with amendments (9-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 13, 2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
May 12, 2025
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
May 08, 2025
Called from the Calendar.
May 08, 2025
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 4 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
April 29, 2025
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
April 28, 2025
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
April 23, 2025
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
April 22, 2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.
April 16, 2025
Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on · 75 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Rick Edmonds Republican

Co-sponsors (4)

Charles Owen Republican
Kathy Edmonston Republican Voted No
Emily Chenevert Republican
Josh Carlson Republican Voted No

Not signed on (142)

142 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	1	1	0	0
Republican	26	0	0	1
Democrat	0	8	0	2
Total	27	9	0	3
% of votes cast	69%	23%	0%	8%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Nay
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Nay
Gary Carter	Democrat	Nay
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Nay
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Not Voting
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Nay
Larry Selders	Democrat	Nay
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Nay
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Nay
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Nay
Adam Bass	Republican	Yea
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Brach Jerad Myers	Republican	Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Yea
Glen Womack	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
Heather Cloud	Republican	Yea
Jeremy Stine	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat	Republican	Yea
Kirk Talbot	Republican	Yea
Mark Abraham	Republican	Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi	Republican	Yea
Mike Reese	Republican	Yea
Patrick Connick	Republican	Yea
Patrick McMath	Republican	Not Voting
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Yea
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	6	0	1
Republican	8	44	0	14
Democrat	22	1	0	3
Total	36	51	0	18
% of votes cast	34%	49%	0%	17%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Hughes	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Willard	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Nay
Emerson	—	Nay
Romero	—	Nay
Galle	—	Nay
Davis	—	Nay
Brown	—	Not Voting
Johnson, T.	—	Yea
Landry, T.	—	Yea
St. Blanc	—	Nay
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Yea
Alonzo L. Knox	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Yea
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Yea
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Yea
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Yea
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Yea
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Yea
Joy Walters	Democrat	Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Not Voting
Ken Brass	Democrat	Yea
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant	Democrat	Yea
Pat Moore	Democrat	Yea
Rashid Armand Young	Democrat	Yea
Robby Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Yea
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena	Democrat	Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Yea
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Nay
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Yea
Annie Spell	Republican	Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Yea
Beth Anne Billings	Republican	Nay
Brett F. Geymann	Republican	Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso	Republican	Nay
Bryan Fontenot	Republican	Nay
Chad Michael Boyer	Republican	Nay
Chance Keith Henry	Republican	Nay
Christopher Turner	Republican	Not Voting
Danny McCormick	Republican	Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Nay
Debbie Villio	Republican	Nay
Dixon Wallace McMakin	Republican	Nay
Dodie Horton	Republican	Nay
Emily Chenevert	Republican	Not Voting
Foy Bryan Gadberry	Republican	Nay
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Nay
Jack McFarland	Republican	Nay
Jacob Braud	Republican	Not Voting
Jacob Jules Landry	Republican	Not Voting
Jason Brian DeWitt	Republican	Nay
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley	Republican	Nay
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
Jessica Domangue	Republican	Not Voting
John E. Wyble	Republican	Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron	Republican	Not Voting
Josh Carlson	Republican	Nay
Jr., Dennis Bamburg	Republican	Not Voting
Jr., John R. Illg	Republican	Nay
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham	Republican	Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston	Republican	Nay
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson	Republican	Nay
Kim Carver	Republican	Nay
Kimberly Landry Coates	Republican	Nay
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Nay
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Nay
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Not Voting
Les Farnum	Republican	Nay
Mark Wright	Republican	Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment	Republican	Nay
Michael Charles Echols	Republican	Nay
Michael Melerine	Republican	Nay
Mike Johnson	Republican	Nay
Neil Riser	Republican	Nay
Nicholas Muscarello	Republican	Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Not Voting
Polly Thomas	Republican	Nay
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Nay
Raymond J. Crews	Republican	Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler	Republican	Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Nay
Rodney Schamerhorn	Republican	Nay
Ryan Bourriaque	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Nay
Sr., Peter F. Egan	Republican	Yea
Stephanie H. Berault	Republican	Nay
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Yea
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Nay
Tony Bacala	Republican	Nay
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Nay
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	4	0	3
Republican	54	1	0	11
Democrat	0	21	0	5
Total	60	26	0	19
% of votes cast	57%	25%	0%	18%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Galle	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Willard	—	Nay
Hughes	—	Nay
Brown	—	Not Voting
Emerson	—	Not Voting
Johnson, T.	—	Nay
Landry, T.	—	Nay
St. Blanc	—	Not Voting
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Nay
Alonzo L. Knox	Democrat	Nay
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Nay
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Nay
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Nay
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Nay
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Nay
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Nay
Joy Walters	Democrat	Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Not Voting
Ken Brass	Democrat	Nay
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant	Democrat	Nay
Pat Moore	Democrat	Nay
Rashid Armand Young	Democrat	Nay
Robby Carter	Democrat	Nay
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Nay
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Nay
Shaun Raphael Mena	Democrat	Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Not Voting
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Nay
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion	Democrat	Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Nay
Annie Spell	Republican	Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Yea
Beth Anne Billings	Republican	Yea
Brett F. Geymann	Republican	Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso	Republican	Yea
Bryan Fontenot	Republican	Yea
Chad Michael Boyer	Republican	Yea
Chance Keith Henry	Republican	Yea
Christopher Turner	Republican	Not Voting
Danny McCormick	Republican	Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Yea
Debbie Villio	Republican	Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin	Republican	Yea
Dodie Horton	Republican	Yea
Emily Chenevert	Republican	Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Nay
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Yea
Jacob Braud	Republican	Yea
Jacob Jules Landry	Republican	Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt	Republican	Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley	Republican	Yea
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
Jessica Domangue	Republican	Yea
John E. Wyble	Republican	Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron	Republican	Not Voting
Josh Carlson	Republican	Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg	Republican	Yea
Jr., John R. Illg	Republican	Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham	Republican	Yea
Kathy Edmonston	Republican	Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson	Republican	Not Voting
Kim Carver	Republican	Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates	Republican	Yea
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Yea
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Yea
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Not Voting
Les Farnum	Republican	Yea
Mark Wright	Republican	Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment	Republican	Yea
Michael Charles Echols	Republican	Yea
Michael Melerine	Republican	Yea
Mike Johnson	Republican	Yea
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Nicholas Muscarello	Republican	Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver	Republican	Not Voting
Polly Thomas	Republican	Yea
R. Dewith Carrier	Republican	Yea
Raymond J. Crews	Republican	Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler	Republican	Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn	Republican	Yea
Ryan Bourriaque	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan	Republican	Yea
Stephanie H. Berault	Republican	Yea
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Yea
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	1
Republican	25	0	0	2
Democrat	0	4	0	6
Total	26	4	0	9
% of votes cast	67%	10%	0%	23%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Not Voting
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Not Voting
Gary Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Nay
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Not Voting
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Not Voting
Larry Selders	Democrat	Nay
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Nay
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Not Voting
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Nay
Adam Bass	Republican	Yea
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Brach Jerad Myers	Republican	Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Yea
Glen Womack	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
Heather Cloud	Republican	Yea
Jeremy Stine	Republican	Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat	Republican	Yea
Kirk Talbot	Republican	Yea
Mark Abraham	Republican	Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi	Republican	Yea
Mike Reese	Republican	Yea
Patrick Connick	Republican	Yea
Patrick McMath	Republican	Not Voting
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Yea
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

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Who sponsors SB 234?: SB 234 is sponsored by Charles Owen (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), and Rick Edmonds (Republican).
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 234
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: April 16, 2025
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Rick Edmonds

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